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July/August 2008
Featured articles include:
- Cover: Michigan Manufacturers of the Year: Manufacturing Leaders Love a Good Challenge
- Transforming for Tomorrow
- What’s in Your Inventory?
- MacIlroy to Retire After Successful Run at MMA
- MMA Boards Elect Directors
- Completely Updated Employer Handbook Now Available
- MMA/MRC Compensation Survey Shows Strong Merit Pay Increases
- Case Study: Blogging for a Better Tomorrow
- Race Day to Support Manufacturing Education
- CEO Forum: Manufacturing Opportunities
- Advertising Support
- MetLife — for dental, life and disability insurances.
- Amerisure — for workers’ compensation and property and liability insurances.
- ICOSPA 2008 Congress will be held 9/14-17/08 in Grand Rapids. Come meet the world’s metalformers in teh perfect destination for establishing new international business relationships.
- IMTS08 — Attend the largest manufacturing trade show in America 9/8-13/08 at McCormick Place in Chicago.
- HarrisData has helped companies cut cycle times, reduce inventories and lower costs. They are proud to say their software is developed and supported in the U.S.
- Michigan Certified Development Corporation (MCDC) has been helping manufacturers finance real estate and equipment since 1982. MCDC SBA loans fast, easy and efficient. Only 10% down, terms up to 20-years, and fixed below-market interest rates.
- Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP’s group of experienced tax attorneys and professionals can guide you through your toughest tax challenges, including the property tax issues.
- Lindal Cedar Homes make the perfect vacation home for any setting.
May/June 2008
Featured articles include:
- Cover: Innovate to Excel — MMA CEO Forum May 13
- Energizing Michigan through a New Energy Policy
- New Rules for Manufacturing Deductions
- MMA Seminar Season Closes with a Bang
- Fighting the ‘Good’ Fight
- Rep. Camp Roundtable Highlights Need for R&D Tax Credits
- Case Study: Mindfulness Manages Safety
- Manufacturers Offered New Hope for Lawsuit Relief from a Surprising Source
- Join Us at the Second Annual ‘Manufacturers Day at the Races’
- Going for FIRST
- Advertising Support
- MetLife — for dental, life and disability insurances.
- Amerisure — for workers’ compensation and property and liability insurances.
- Michigan Certified Development Corporation for finance real estate and equipment.
- Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP for experienced experienced guidance through the toughest tax challenges, including property tax issues
March/April 2008
Featured articles include:
- Cover: Helping Hands: Manufacturers Reach Out
- Incorporating the Internet to Boost Sales
- MMA Spring Seminar Schedule Packed with Great Programming
- UNICAP Rules Roundup
- Manufacturing Awards Deadline Nearing
- Guest Commentary: Returning Michigan to the Forefront of Transportation Innovation
- Case Study: Nabbing a Niche
- Using New Tools and Branding toRecruit the Best Candidates
- New Jobs Portal to Help Michigan Manufacturers Manage Talent
- MMA CEO Forum: Catalyzing Innovation to Propel Your Company Forward
- Get a 50-percent Discount on Valuable Compensation Data
- Advertising Support
- MetLife — for dental, life and disability insurances.
- Amerisure — for workers’ compensation and property and liability insurances.
- Michigan Certified Development Corporation for finance real estate and equipment.
- Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP for experienced experienced guidance through the toughest tax challenges, including the Michigan Business Tax
MMA CEO Forum — May 13, 2008. Innovation at Work: Capitalizing on New Markets, New Products, New Ideas
January/Februrary 2008
Featured articles include:
- Cover: Pushing the Manufacturing Perspective
- Adding to the Playbook: Protecting Against Misappropriation of Competitive Advantages
- Managing Change: The HR Theme for 2008
- Get a 50-percent Discount on Valuable Compensation Data
- Seizing Opportunity: Michigan’s 2008 Industrial Real Estate Forecast
- Case Study: Collaboration is Cause for Celebration
- Guest Commentary: SBA’s Window to Wall Street for Small Biz
- Innovation the Topic of the MMA CEO Forum, May 13
- Show Michigan Why We Matter: Nominate in Awards Program
- Advertising Support
- MetLife — for dental, life and disability insurances.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan/Blue Care Network — for group health care plan options to fit your company’s budget.
- Amerisure — for workers’ compensation and property and liability insurances.
- Domestic and Sexual Abuse Services — annual charity golf outing in Sturgis on 6/9/2008.
- Consumers Energy — investing big in Michigan’s energy future.
November/December 2007
Featured articles include:
- Cover: Wanted: Positive, Proactive Attitudes
Changing Michigan’s Economy First Requires Us to Change our Perceptions
- Tax Fights Headline 2007 Advocacy Efforts
- Guest Commentary: Technology Innovation Advances Manufacturing
- Clean Up Your Image: Building Brand Value
- Amerisure Dividends Total Nearly $860,500
- Former MMA Exec Honored by MSAE
- MMA Announces Staff Changes
- The New Michigan Business Tax: Is it Good for Michigan?
- Case Study — Morrison Industries: Training for Dollars:
One approach to effective safety training that could save your company a bundle
- Getting ‘Goosed’ by the Legal System
- Advertising Support
- MetLife — for dental, life and disability insurances
- Amerisure — for workers’ compensation and property and liability insurances (see article: Amerisure Announces Dividends, Process Change)
- Clark Hill PLC — for personal and business legal needs
September/October 2007
Featured articles include:
- Cover: Potentially Large Verdicts on the Horizon for Manufacturers
- Hazards Could Hurt Your Company
- Energy Update: MMA Works with Members to Restructure PA 141, Michigan’s Energy Statute
- Energy Costs Expected to Rise
- Guest Commentary: The Future of Manufacturing in Michigan: Our youth
- Are You Prepared for the New FIN 48 Requirements
- Amerisure Announces Dividends, Process Change
- Case Study — General Motors Corporation: Building teams off the shop floor
- Team Growth Equals Competitiveness
- MMA Fall Seminar Lineup
- Guest Commentary: Michigan’s Agent for Change
- Advertising Support
- MetLife — for dental, life and disability insurances
- Amerisure — for workers’ compensation and property and liability insurances (see article: Amerisure Announces Dividends, Process Change)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan/Blue Care Network — for group health care plan options to fit your company’s budget
- GEAREXPO 2007 — the most efficient way to stay on top of gear industry trends and technologies
- Miller Canfield — for extensive experience in occupational safety and health law (see article: Hazards Could Hurt Your Company )
July/August 2007
Featured articles include:
- Cover: Second Annual MMA CEO Forum Gets Down to Business and Politics
- Passion and Prowess: MMY Award Recipients Fight for Manufacturing
- Education Update: Lifting the Charter School Cap to Leave No Child Behind
- MMA/MRC Compensation Survey: Michigan Manufacturing Pay Growth Returns to Normal
- Case Study — U.S. Steel Corporation: Making Communities Strong As Steel
- Putting the Pieces in Place: Preparing for a Sale
- The Kind of Job Growth Michigan Does Not Need
- Flexible Blue Can Make Your Health Care Offerings More Affordable
Advertising Support
May/June 2007
Featured articles include:
- Cover: MMA CEO Forum to Tackle Health Care and Energy
- Safety Training that Works
- Regulatory Update: New Fees Would Cost Manufacturers $20 Million
- Case Study — Duperon Corporation: Opportunity Born of Disaster
- U.S. Tariff Schedule Updated
- Guest Commentary: The Problems with an Ergonomic Standard
- Making a Difference: Winning new business by selling from the customer’s perspective
Advertising Support
March/April 2007
Featured articles include:
- Cover: Rough Roads Continue for Michigan
- Join the Critical Discussions, Celebrations during Michigan Manufacturing Week
- MMA Interview — James C. Epolito: Defending Michigan Jobs
- Case Study — Dan Wood Plumbing and Heating Services: Metal Fraud on the Upswing: One MMA Member’s Story
- Wacky Warning Label Contest and New Book Spark Debate
- What You Need to Know About the Single Business Tax Credit for Industrial Personal Property Tax Paid
- U.S. Representative Rogers Honored
- Guest Commentary: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: The Shop Rat Story
- MMA is ‘Makin’ It In Michigan’
- Vocational Education: Not Just ‘Shop Classes’ Anymore
Advertising Support
January/February 2007
Featured articles include:
- Cover: 2007 MMA Policy Priorities
- Highlights of Your Association’s Efforts
- Addressing State Nexus Issues
- Gear up for MMW 2007
- More Changes to Health Insurance: Cost Issues Continue to Dominate
- Reducing the Impact of Industrial Crises
- Case Study — Husky L.L.C.: Sometimes the Simple Solutions Generate the Biggest Benefits
- Guest Commentary: Changing the Education and Job Skills Culture in Michigan
- Michigan’s Commercial and Industrial Real Estate Market
- Thank you 2006 AIM and PAC contributors
Advertising Support
November/December 2006
Featured articles include:
- Cover: Scaling the Great Wall
Overcoming Obstacles to Operating in China
- Unlocking Competitive Advantage
- Former MMA Employee Remembered
- MMA, Amerisure Annouce $1.4 Million in Dividend Payments
- MMA Web Page Promotes Manufacturing Investment
- Case Study — Serapid U.S.A., Inc.: Need to Get Lean After the Holidays?
- Michigan’s Economy Remains on Ice
Advertising Support
September/October 2006
Featured articles include:
- Cover: Increasing Supplies and Reducing Consumption to Address High Energy Costs
- What the Collapse of the Doha Round Negotiations Means for Manufacturing
- Take Control of Your Export Controls
- Don’t Let Distorted Data Confuse Executive Compensation Planning
- Creating an R&D Plan to Focus Your Efforts and Realize Tax Benefits
- Case Study: Molding a New Future...Collaboratively
- Legal Terms Translate into Economic Gains
Advertising Support
July/August 2006
Featured articles include:
- Cover: Rising Health Care Costs: Bitter Pill or Opportunity to Change?
- Is Business Ignoring the Real Risk in Health Care?
- Restoring Reliability to Civil Justice
- Case Study: Maximizing Your Construction Dollars
- 2006 MMA Michigan Manufacturers of the Year: Making a Difference
Advertising Support
May/June 2006
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: MMA CEO Forum: Education is One Cure for What is Ailing Michigan
- Health & Safety
- Protecting Your Company and Employees from Dust Explosions
- Is Your Hearing Loss Prevention Program Working?
- Avoid Heat Illnesses This Summer
- But I Didn’t Know! Tragedy with a Minor Strikes a Small Tool and Die Company
- Summer Hiring — Requirements and Responsibilities when Hiring Minors
- Make Your Company an A-list Employer: How to Recruit Michigan’s Graduating Talent
- 21st Century Recruitment and Retention Tools: MSHDA Employer Assisted Housing
- Get the Payment You’re Owed
- MMA Hosts Legislative Reception, Members Host Plant Tours
March/April 2006
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: Getting a Piece of the 21st Century Jobs Fund Pie
- Manufacturers Call for More Pro-manufacturing Policies
- Former Gov. Engler to Help Celebrate Michigan Manufacturing Week
- New Bankruptcy Act Provides Creditors Better Options
- Tax Developments May Impact Your Company
- Case Study: Excelling in a Global Market
- MMA Spring Seminars
- Compensation Surveys Provide Valuable Data
January/February 2006
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: Employees and Employers Forced to Adjust to New Reality of Benefit Programs
- The Research and Development Tax Credit: Claim What You Deserve
- Capitalizing on Technology Transfer
- 2005 in Review: Highlights of Your Association’s Efforts
November/December 2005
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: 2006 Manufacturing Forecast: Slow and Steady in Choppy Waters
- Hitting the Numbers: A Strategy for Greater Control
- Tips for Today’s Automotive Suppliers
- Case Study: CHWMEG: A Solution to Bottom-Line Economics and Waste Disposal
- Survey: Tell Us What You Think
- ‘EBR’ Fax Exemption Restored
September/October 2005
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: Three Important Court Cases Will Impact Manufacturers
- Protect Your Competitive Edge:
Developing Effective Non-disclosure and Non-compete Agreements
- MMA Board and Staff Announcements
- MMA Seminars: Learn How to Operate More Effectively
- Case Study: Diversification and Strategic Alliances Lead to Success
July/August 2005
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: Involvement and Innovation Earn Manufacturers Honors
- Compensation in Michigan Manufacturing Rebounds
- Identifying and Dealing with Workplace Aggression
- IRS Makes Cafeteria Plans More Attractive
- Reception Focuses on Industry’s Competitiveness
- MMA Honors Three Legislators
- Manufacturers Provide Students First-Hand Experience
- Impacted by Import Competition?
May/June 2005
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: Work-Life Programs: Truly a Balancing Act
- Tips and Resources for Developing Your Export Business
- New Limits on E-mail and Fax Use Will Affect Your Operations
- Business-to-Business Mediation Can Save Time, Money while Enhancing Relationships
March/April 2005
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: Sustainable Manufacturing: Where Processes and Products Keep Balance with Their Surroundings
- Having It All: A Thriving Business and Family Harmony
- Value Stream Costing: A Tool for Effective Management
- MMA Offers Comprehensive Seminar Lineup For Spring 2005
- New Speaker Sees Budget Challenges, Economic Development as Top Priorities
- Celebrate Manufacturing: Michigan Manufacturing Week
- Case Study: Manufacturer Diversifies Into Creative Collection
January/February 2005
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: Manufacturing Agenda to be in Policymakers’ Hands in Early 2005
- Strategic Marketing Helps Manufacturers Steer Sales
- Leadership Determines the Consequences of Quality
- WorkKeys Puts Grand Rapids Businesses, Educators on Same Page
- Consumer-Driven Health Plans May Benefit Purchasers
- Guest Commentary: Innovation Key to Michigan’s Manufacturing Future
- Case Study: Manufacturer Turns Problem into a Promising New Product
- Celebrate Manufacturing: Michigan Manufacturing Week
- MMA Year in Review: 2004
November/December 2004
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: 2005 Economic Forecast: Michigan Manufacturing Holds Ground Despite Challenges
- MMA Executives Reflect on 25 Years of Growth, Change
- Effectively Leading Your Team
- No Rest for the Weary: Manufacturers Respond to Out of Control Health Care Costs and Gain Little
- Guest Commentary: Economic and Regulatory Factors Agitate Auto Manufacturer, Dealer Relations
- Showcase Your Company at the Capitol
- Case Study: Customized English-Study Program Improves Workplace Communication, Cohesiveness
September/October 2004
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: Supreme Court Issues Important Rulings Favorable to Manufacturers
- Increasing Business Value
- MMA Fall Training Sessions in Full Swing
- Causing the Pain to Survive
- Effective Injury Claims Management Reduces Costs and Headaches
- Guest Commentary: Education and Good Judges are Key to Ending Frivolous Lawsuits
- Nine Tips for Developing an Effective Patent Strategy
- Using Arbitration to Resolve International Business Disputes
- Legislature Takes Action on Several MMA Priority Issues
- Support Candidates Who Support Manufacturing
- Case Study: Two Innovations Help GM Improve Vehicle Quality, Cut Costs
July/August 2004
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: 2004 John G. Thodis Michigan Manufacturers of the Year
- Michigan Manufacturing Week
- Regulations and Innovations in Employer Health Plans
- Guest Commentary: Ending Hunger by the Numbers
- R&D Tax Savings
- Compensation in Michigan Manufacturing Survey Report
May/June 2004
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: Employee Wellness and Prevention: A Changing Prescription
- Guest Commentary: Michigan: The Entrepreneurial State
- Water and Commerce Summit Focuses on Economic Importance of Water Access
- Technology Developments to Improve Productivity, Build Connections
- MIOSHA CET Division Provides Comprehensive Safety Consulting Services
- Case Study: Manufacturer reduces accident rate by 40 Percent
- Guest Commentary: Preserving, Not Making, the Law of the Land: Michigan’s Judicially Conservative Courts at Work
- Case Study: TRW Automotive Improves Communication, Safety
- Safety Training for a Culturally Diverse Workforce
March/April 2004
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: M-TEC Centers Serve as Link between Employers, Workforce
- Water and Commerce Summit Planned
- Guest Commentary: Michigan Manufacturing in the 21st Century
- Michigan Manufacturing Week Slated for May 10-14
- Delta College Complex Ramps Up Industry Training
- Case Study: Greenville Tool and Die Fosters Future Workers
- Is it Time for Total Performance Measurement?
January/February 2004
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: Governor and Participants Outline Consensus Issues at Manufacturing Summit
- MMA Year in Review: 2003
- MMA Outlines 2004 Public Policy Goals
- Director of Membership Development Joins MMA
- Know a Manufacturer Who Makes an Impact in Your Community?
November/December 2003
 Featured articles include:
The charts that appeared in the print version of the cover story, Employee Compensation Steadies, Corrects and Readies for the Future, printed incorrectly. Click the story link to view the correct charts.
- Cover: Employee Compensation Steadies, Corrects and Readies for the Future
- Manufacturing Your Exit Plan
- ‘Loaned’ Manufacturing Executives Inject Business Values in State Government
- MIOSHA Appeals Board: Ensuring a Fair Process
September/October 2003
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: MMA Survey Reveals Depth of Health Care Cost Crisis
- MMA Lawyers Committee Tracks Important Cases
- MMA Board of Directors Names New Chairman; Adds Two New Members
- Minimize Fraud Before it Occurs
- MMA Records Legislative Successes in First Half of 2003
- Getting the Most Out of ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems
- JA Involvement Leads to a Better-Prepared Workforce
- Marketing 101: Planning for Results
July/August 2003
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: Manufacturers of the Year Apply Creativity and Perseverance
- HR Policy Trends Challenge Small Companies
- Manufacturers Support Employees on Military Duty
- MMA Legislative & Executive Reception Draws Manufacturing, Government Leaders
- Michigan Agri-Manufacturing Takes State’s Harvest to the World
- MacIlroy in Washington D.C. to Discuss Taxes
- Plant Tours Give Students ‘Inside Look’ Into Manufacturing
- Find MMA Discount Program Information and Member Publications on the Web
May/June 2003
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: Slow Economy, Poor Performance Lead to Drop in CEO Compensation
- Manufacturers Can Win Through Services
- Legislature Addresses Key Manufacturing Issues
- Cost Versus Efficiency in Using Executive and Technical Search Firms
- Michigan Hazmat Training Center: Stressing Preparedness
March/April 2003
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: Manufacturers Answer New Challenges of Homeland Security
- Manufacturing-Targeted Information the Focus of MMA’s Spring Seminars
- What Every CEO Should Know About the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- The Life Stages of Vision Care -
Vision Care is Important at Each Stage of Life
- Plant Tours Provide Real-World Exposure to Manufacturing
- Environmental Consulting 101
January/February 2003
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: Healthcare, Tax and Environmental Issues High on the Manufacturing Agenda
- MMA Year in Review: 2002
- MMA-Net: Your Source for Manufacturing Information
- Award Program Will Recognize Manufacturers' Impact on Communities, Industry
November/December 2002
 Featured articles include:
The charts that appeared in the print version of the cover story, MMA Compensation, Benefits Survey Reports Reveal Challenges for 2003, printed incorrectly. Click the story link to view the correct charts.
- Cover: MMA Compensation, Benefits Survey Reports Reveal Challenges for 2003
- Health Care Costs Continue
- New Governor, Legislature Set to Take Office
- Special Program: May You Live in Interesting Times!
Learning to Survive in Tumultuous Times
- Crisis Readiness: Critical Concerns for Organizations
- Get Involved in the Political Process, Join an MMA Advisory Committee
- Centennial Notes
- Amerisure Marks 90 Years of Successful Partnership
September/October 2002
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: Third Generation Owner Named 2002 Michigan Manufacturer of the Year
- Michigan’s Centennial Manufacturers are Diverse and Innovative
- MMA Staff Spotlight: Nalett Honored for 15 Years of Service to MMA
- The MMA Lawyers Commitee: Manufacturing’s Front Line
- Communicating with Congress Post 9/11
- 2002 Voting Guide
July/August 2002
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: Award Recipients Utilize Creativity in Challenging Times
- Manufacturing from 1966-1982: Environmental Awareness and International Competition
- WorkKeys: A Uniform System for Skills Assessment
- MMA Staff Active on Many Fronts
- Students Get Answers to Good Questions During Tours
- Manufacturing Contributions Honored at Reception
- The HIPAA Privacy Rules: Are you Ready?
- Michigan Economic, Workforce Forecasts Accent Need for Trained Workers
May/June 2002
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: Manufacturing from 1946-1965: The Rise of the Motor Capital of the World and Entrepreneurship
- 2001 Executive Bonuses Plummet in Response to Business Downturn
- Legislative Issue Brief: UI Package Clears Legislature without Waiting Week Provision
- Guest Commentary: Rehabilitation Services Can Improve Productivity and Save Money
March/April 2002
 Featured articles include:
- Cover: Manufacturing from 1932-1946: Labor Struggles and the Arsenal of Democracy
- "One in One Hundred" Membership Campaign
- Regulatory Issue Brief: The MACT Hammer is Falling
- Guest Commentary: U.S. Sugar Program Puts Michigan Jobs in Jeopardy
- Profitability Enhancement: Utilizing Financial Benchmarking and Lean Manufacturing to Drive Profitability
- Plant Tour Program Showcases Michigan Manufacturing
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